Scent of Betrayal
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Due to a calculated scheme, I ended up married to Nicholas Jackson. For three years, our marriage remained a secret—our only intimacy occurring during my ovulation period, when he coldly fulfilled his husbandly duties. He was an all-powerful CEO, while I
was merely a shadow hidden away in his mansion.
The day I was diagnosed with a rare heart condition, I spotted him in the hospital hallway, laughing and chatting with Olivia. All this time, the vows I'd faithfully kept were nothing but a cruel joke. I handed Nicholas the divorce papers, moved out of that empty house, and picked up my
perfume bottles again—the creator of "Eternal Tears," buried by marriage, was finally making her comeback.
When my medical records were leaked, Nicholas blocked the laboratory doorway, his voice trembling: “Abby, I was wrong.”
I simply walked past him without looking back. His belated affection was more bitter than cheap perfume. I thought I had long stopped yearning for it, but as I left, my fingers curled unconsciously into my palm, as if some unspoken secret was still stirring deep inside me.
Perhaps, some stories are far from over.
was merely a shadow hidden away in his mansion.
The day I was diagnosed with a rare heart condition, I spotted him in the hospital hallway, laughing and chatting with Olivia. All this time, the vows I'd faithfully kept were nothing but a cruel joke. I handed Nicholas the divorce papers, moved out of that empty house, and picked up my
perfume bottles again—the creator of "Eternal Tears," buried by marriage, was finally making her comeback.
When my medical records were leaked, Nicholas blocked the laboratory doorway, his voice trembling: “Abby, I was wrong.”
I simply walked past him without looking back. His belated affection was more bitter than cheap perfume. I thought I had long stopped yearning for it, but as I left, my fingers curled unconsciously into my palm, as if some unspoken secret was still stirring deep inside me.
Perhaps, some stories are far from over.
